Lyckliga Jim

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Kingsley Amis: Lyckliga Jim (Swedish language, 1956, Albert Bonniers)

271 pages

Swedish language

Published Jan. 1, 1956 by Albert Bonniers.

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Amis’s debut novel, published in 1954, is a satire on academia. The protagonist is a bored and disinterested history lecturer at a provincial university, trapped in a joyless and sexless relationship with a depressive fellow lecturer. The book immediately elevated Amis to fame as one of the leading writers of his generation.

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